Bicycle-saddle.



D. s. TROXABL'.

BICYCLE SADDLE.

MPLIQATION FILBD.DEO.14, 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

l UNITED STATES PATENT olEEicE.

or ELYRIA, oHIo.

v- BICYCLE-SADDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

' Application led December 14, 1911, Serial Ito. 665,603.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID S. TRoxEL, a citizen of vthe .United` States,residingv at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and'State 0f Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Saddles, -of

- arranged thatboth-springs'ofeach pair vIiiay support the load. By thismeans I am enabled'either to have both springs of each pair .constantlyacting to support the -loa'd,'

whereby vthey maybe ofv'ery llght and elastic form, or, if desired, Ican arrange the load to be normally carried byv one 'spring and, onanextra depression,- takenby the other additionally, after the mannerofa 'shock absorber. AThis' latter feature `is-illustratedspec'ifipallyv inA Fig 3. The: springs are connecte to the saddle frameor cantle. -This enables f the parts to swing'as}desired, increasing thearrangement of the springs to obtain a.

freedom with which the saddle plays up and down without'st-raining theparts;

The invention comprises the means above referged to for providinga'simple and elastic-support for the saddle.`

It comprises also 'the particular embodi ment of these features showni-n the drawing and hereinafter more fully described.

'l I "the drawing, Figure l is aside elevation and Fig. 2'9.` rearelevation of my saddle embodied in an approved form.

.Each of these views are shown partly in section.v Fig.' 3 is a detailillustrating the y shock-absorber action,

Referring to the drawing, 'indicates the saddle seat, which may beformed 1n the usual manner,offleather,`or as desired.l its rea-r thisvseat portion extends over andas secured'to thefmetal cantleIlsThecantle is formed with inwardly extending ears 12, from which abrace 13 leads forward and 1s securedin any suitable manner to the frontend of the saddle. Y

indicates the main frame of the saddle support. At its forward end thisis piv-#r' oted as at 21 1n some suitable manner to the saddle proper,and thesupport near'its rear end divides into two arms' extendingbeneath the cantle. The rear ends of-these arms are braced preferablybythe archshapedfcross bar 23, The forward and intermediateportions'oflthe support and the v as they may be of 'anysuitableconstruction.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912,

' 65 means pivotally connecting it with the front of the saddle are notshown in `the drawings,-

Se'cu'red to. the under side of the cantle )ears l2fareclips 30. Each ofthese clips -is shown as consisting of a pieceof sheet 'metal bentonitself and securedby the vsame bolt .14 Whichholds the saddle brace 13to the ear.- Moui1iied` in'these clips is a yoke 31 rwliic'h extends.crosswise of the saddle beneat-h itsrear end and the-n turns dwn--Wardly in a pair of substantially vertical "rods, 322v Surrounding eachrod 32 isa' pair of sprmgs'designated 33 and 34. The

horizontal eye 3 5 which embraces and is 'connected to therod 32, and atits upper end 'onthe lnner side a vertical eye 36 which sur- --rounds abolt 37 carried by the saddle supporty rlhespring 34-is preferablyanopen coniealhelix, as shown, `5ba-ving at the inner side of lts lower:end a vertical eye 38 surrounding'l the lbolt 37. and havingl the 'lastturn'at its upper end small enough to .closely spring. i'spreferably atight wound vertif.v calxhelix :having at its lower end a central,

surround the rod 32 and. be adapted to be engaged by the horizontalvportion of the yoke.

' As shown, the yoke 31 has a attened or' enlar ed ortion- 39 where thevertical rod 32'jo1nst horizontal portion, and thisenlarged portionforms a head adapted torest on 'the upper end of thel` spring 34. Nearits".lower end the rod 32 has the enlargedshoulder 40 whichrests on theeye 35 and below this point the rod. is threaded to rec'eive the' nut41.

It will be seen that the single ,bolt 37, to-

gether with its nut- 42,.furnish the means of' securingthe two springsand one side of `the cross bar 23 to one arxn of the saddle support4 u20. 'The securement for`.the lower end of thespring33 lis veryy simpleby reasonof the A integral shoulder on the rod and the nut thus glve aneasier support tothe rider.

-duce the size ofthe springs over construcwtlons where all the weight ona side comes on one spring. By thus making the springs lighter, they maybe made moreelastic, and If desired, however, I may allow play between-the saddle and either spring and normally carry the weight entirely byythe other spring, reserving the normally idle spring to comeinto actionon an, excessive downward movement, thus acting' as a shock absorber.vThis is illustrated 1n Fig. 3, where the tension'spring 33 normallycarries the entire load, and is accordingly made heavier, and thecompression spring 34 acts as a vshock-absorber and 4is normally out ofengagement with the head 39 of the yoke.

Byconnecting the yoke 31 pivotally to the Vcantle by means of the straps30, the

yokemay swing on such horizontal aX1s,as

the saddle plays up -and down, In such action, the vsprlngs tip, asrequired, about theaXi's'o-f the bolt 37 Accordingly, there "is nostrain on the fastening as the saddle moves and it is free to play upand down in service.- f

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is:

1. In. 'a device of the character described, the combination, with aseat 'and support, of two interposed springs, one a compression spring,the other a'tension spring, and

the two independently connected with the support and both serving toresist downl rods respectively, ea-ch pair having a tenward movement ofthe saddle.

2. In a bicycle saddle, the combination with a seat and saddle support,of two pairs of interposed springs, each pair comprising both acompression spring and a tensionv spring independently connected withthe saddle support. v

3. In a bicycle saddle, the combination,

with a saddle seatl and saddle support, of a pair of depending rodsconnected with the seat, two pairs of springs surrounding said sionspring connected at its lower end with the rod and at its upper end withthe support, and a compression spring connected at its lower end withthe support andat its upper end with the rod.

4i In a bicycle saddle, the combination, with a seat and support, ofa-yoke'pivotally connected with theseat having two depending portions,two springs connected at their lower ends with the lower ends of suchdel pending portions and at their upper ends with the support, and twoadditional springs connected at their lower ends with the support andhaving .their upper ends enga-geable by shoulders on the yoke.

5. In a bicycle saddle, thel combination of a seat, a support having apair of rearwardly extending bars, a brace connecting the 'rear ends ofsaid bars, a pair of rods depending from the seat on opposite'sides ofthe rear end of the support, and two pairs of springs, each pairsurrounding one of the rods and consisting of a close coiled helicaltension spring connected at its lower end with the rod and `at its upperend'with the support and an upper spring consisting of an open woundconical compression spring connected at its lower end with the supportand with its upper end closely surrounding the rod.

6. In a bicycle saddle, the combination, with a saddle support andsaddle seat, of a yoke pivotally connected with the seat and Aso havingtwo rods depending on opposite sides of the support,v two helicaltension .springs centrally connected at their lower' ends with the rodsland at the inner sides at their upper ends with the support, and twoconical compression springs closely surlrounding the rods neartheirupper ends and at their lower ends connected with the support, bothsprings being connected. by the same bolt with the support. l

7. In a bicycle saddle, thel combination, with a support, of a seathaving a cantle with forward projection, straps secured to theprojections, a yoke pivoted to the cantle by suchk straps, and springsbetween the yoke and support.

8. In a bicycle saddle, the combination, with a support havingrearwardly projectnig-spaced bars, of a saddle seat having a cantle witha forwardprojecti'on below `the seat, a yoke pivotallyconnected withsuch forwa'rd projection of the cantle and having two depending rodsoutsideA of the rear ends of the support, two .pairs of s ringssurrounding said twov rods'respectively, each pair consisting ofautension spring and a compression spring, the tension spring beingconnected at its lower end with the lower end o'f the rod and at itsupper end'with the support, and the compression spring. being connectedat its lower end with-the support .and having its upper end adapted forengagement bythe yoke.

9. In a bicycle saddle, the combination, with a seat and support, of'ayoke pivotal-ly connected with the -seat and comprising a horizontalportion and two depending rods, the horizontal portion having anenlarged head where the rods depend from it. and

A ytwo pairs of springs each including a ten- 'In testimony whereof, Ihereunto affix my sion spring connected v:1t-its upper endl withsignature in the presence of twowtnesses.

the support 'and at its' lower end with the lower endy of the rod, and acompression DAVID S TROXEL'v Y spring connected at its lower end withthe Witnesses: i

support and formed to be yabuttecl at its 'H. C.- JOHNSON, upper end bythe enlargement of the yoke.- ALTA'MYERS.

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